Every weekend we select a handful of in-depth articles we think are worth a bit of your time, either because they peel back the layers on a compelling business story, or somehow make us look at business in a different light.

How to make a loss disappear.Despite its most recent settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over toxic securities, Deutsche Bank AG is not yet out of the woods. Bloomberg Businessweek has been following the tracks of an Italian trade that haunts the most important bank in Europe.

Work less, get more done. We’re all working too much. Or, at least, we think we do. MarketWatch has spoken to Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, the author of a new book called “Rest.” In the interview, Mr. Pang explains why cutting out makes us all better workers.